Dear Robin,

Thanks for the coffee, seriously. Oh, and nice outfit, went well with the mask.

Raven


Raven,

Is that sarcasm, or were you being (dare I say it?) sincere?

ROBIN


Robin,

It wasn't really sarcastic, but not altogether sincere. I was just remembering the look on the cashiers face when he was you. He thought you were going to rob the place.

Raven

P.S. Is it that unusual for me to be sincere?
Raven,

Oh yeah, I'm going to rob a Starbucks. Heaven knows they make enough. Come on, I'm sure other people wear them . . . I could start a trend.

ROBIN


Robin,

Oh yeah, everybody wears a mask, especially when engaging in a legal transaction in a store, but you are right, you could start a trend.

Raven


Raven,

Hmmm . . . maybe I should rob a store . . . they'd never see it coming. So . . . did you have a good time, by the way?

ROBIN


Robin,

I can see you robin a store now. "Give me your money in the name of Blink 18." Yeah, I had a good time.

Raven


Raven,

Heck yeah! Blink 182 is over all. Good . . . you looked nice.

ROBIN


ROBIN Robin

Hm . . . your name looks better in all caps.
Uh . . . Thanks.

Raven


Raven, RAVEN

I noticed that. :) Where'd you get that shirt anyway? "I used to have superpowers, but my therapists took them away." Sounds more like me . . .

ROBIN

P.S. Your's looks better this way Raven . . . but my handwriting's messing.


Robin,

Messing? interesting . . . I got my shirt from a store, or a catalog . . .

Raven


Raven (now that is the neatest I have EVER written),

Uh yeah well I meant messy . . . Oh well. That is the usual method. So . . . do you want to do it again sometime?

ROBIN


Robin,

Yeah most people usually do get their clothes that way. Uh . . . sure I'd do that again . . .

Raven


Raven,

Cursive . . . looks nice. Whenever I try it comes out something like this. So is it just me, or is Starfire extra . . . loud lately?

ROBIN


Robin,

I haven't noticed an increase in her volume, but she usually is loud. I think it is in her blood.

Raven


Raven,

That would make sense . . . I don't know, she just seems to be giving me a head ache . . . but then just about everything has been giving me a head ache lately. So . . . when?

ROBIN


Robin,

When will you be available? Besides fighting I really don't have anything to do. Oh, except for tomorrow, Starfire yelled me into "journeying with her to the mall of shopping." If I live I'll let you know.

Raven


Raven,

Oooh the mall of shopping. Should be fun . . . but if you see a store called Teddy's 'N More, run as fast as you can.
I need something to make me unavailable to my crime files.

ROBIN


ROBIN,

Teddy's 'N More? What kind of store is that? You know you could join us at the mall, it might save a life or two.
How about coffee in two days from the shopping experience.

Raven


Raven,

Or two? Like the innocent bystanders that you release your wrath on? Sounds good . . . two days? Couldn't we go sooner than that?

ROBIN


Robin,

We could go sooner, how about after shopping tomorrow. It'll give me an excuse to leave sooner. Not that I don't like Star, but she can get a little . . . loud. Just let me know when you want to go.

Raven


Raven,

A little loud? That would be an understatement. I like her, too . . . but with a person like Star, it's best to take her in small doses with large with large breaks in between. Sounds good to me, same place? . . . I think I need some different clothes . . . the cashier might be suspicious if I show up in the exact same clothes.

ROBIN


Robin,

Same place. You may want different clothes, but I think the cashier would be suspicious if the same person showed up in a mask.

Raven


Raven,

Oh yeah . . . maybe I could shave all my hair off . . . . Ugh, all this crime is driving me insane! The only think that could make it worse is if Sla . . .

So, are you going shopping with her tomorrow?

ROBIN

P.S. Sorry for my handwriting . . . hope you can read it.


Robin,

I know people get spontaneous urges, but please do not shave off your hair. Don't let the crime get to you, overall I bet it has gone down since we started. And remember, Slade is dead. He's gone.
Yeah, tomorrow I'm going shopping with Star, when should we get together?

Raven


Raven,

Well . . . ok. Dang you just suck the fun out of life. Everyone should have the right to go bald on purpose. Yeah I guess it has, but sometimes I feel like we're making no progress. The criminals break out of jail the second we turn our backs. I mean, aren't the police supposed to do something? It's like they're getting paid for our job.
I know he is, it's just . . . I don't know, Raven. I don't really "know" anything anymore. Maybe I just need to get out . . . confession: I never threw away all his stuff, even though you guys told me to. I don't know, I meant to but something stopped me. I know it's really stupid, because there might be more . . . dust on it, but somehow I can't seem to get rid of it.
We should go to Starbucks right after the whole "shopping experience", then maybe we could go see a movie? The Ring 2 is out, but I never saw the first one so I don't really know the storyline. I'll come with you to the mall if you want . . . and if Star doesn't mind.

ROBIN


Robin,

I think you've made excellent progress today. THROW THE STUFF AWAY! I asked Star, she said she'd be thrilled for you to join. See you then.

Raven


Raven,

Progress? Well how bout that. I value you your opinion, Ph. D. Raven.
. . . But what if I need it again someday?
Ugh . . . the things I do for you. What about the movie, though?

ROBIN


Robin,

If you need it again, I'm right down the hall, or on the roof, or . . .
I really appreciate you coming with us. Then we can go to the movie, while Star buys hair clips.

Raven


Raven,

What did you interpret "it" as? Cuz I don't see how talking to you would get the stuff out of the trash . . . but thanks for the invitation.
No problem . . . I mean, what else would I do? Organize my crime files? Beat the crap out of the punching bag? Stare at the screen and wait for the alarm to go off? Not exactly fun.
Heaven knows that takes an eternity . . .

Robin


Robin,

I see where I made a mistake, I forgot the content of the previous letter. I still think you should throw it away. What value could it hold?
I'm glad you are coming with us, it would have been painful without you.

Raven


Raven,

So am I something other than painful? I'll take that as a great compliment.
Well . . . I guess the only way it would be of value is if he ever did come back . . . but he's not coming back . . . so by that reasoning, I don't need it. . . . so I guess I should get rid of it . . .
. . . What did you think I meant by "it"?

Robin


Robin,

I thought you were referring to my therapy.
Why would you need it if he came back? Which he won't! Any knowledge that could be obtained from it could be taken and saved in a computer. You don't need his belongings.
So when should we leave Star tomorrow?

Raven


Raven,

Well, that too. Come on Raven. You have to admit that, no matter how small, there is still a chance that he survived. We never found a body! Wouldn't it be better to be prepared? There is no way I'm going to let him catch me off guard again.
. . . but computer files can be lost . . . or destroyed. Take it from a hacker; nothing is safe on a computer.
. . . As soon as possible?

ROBIN


Robin,

Okay, we are leaving for the mall at 10 A.M. should we aim for a matinee?

Raven


Raven,

Sure, why not? . . . So I'm guessing you don't agree with my point of view?
So do you want to watch The Ring 2? Cuz if not, we could always go watch The Notebook?

ROBIN


Robin,

The Ring 2 would be fine, but before a decision is made, what is The Notebook?

Raven


Raven,

Oh, it looks like a really good movie. I believe it's a romantic comedy . . . rated for sexual content. Very sweet and fluffy from what I've heard . . .
Here, I'll slap myself and save you the trouble.

ROBIN


Robin,

Thanks but let's stick with The Ring 2. At least I won't lose my lunch at that, unless of course you'd rather go to The Notebook.

Raven


Raven,

Uh . . . no. I figured you could tell I was joking. The Ring 2 sounds good . . . so what was the first one about anyway?

ROBIN


Robin,

The first one? It started with two girls talking about the evils of television. Gamma rays and such driving through your head. One girl tells the other about some legend about a video tape that kills you when you watch it. The other says she's seen it and they joke for a bit. Then the girl who made the claim admits that she really watched it a week ago. She dies and her aunt and cousin go to her funeral. Turns out she told the kids she was going to die so the aunt, Rachel, goes to investigate the claims. She hunts down some evidence, and she finds that all of her friends who watched it all died at the same time. Rachel finds a tape and watches it, then the phone rings and a little girls voice says you will die in seven days. She tries to save herself, and gets her ex-husband killed and accidentally saves herself. Then she saves her son. I can explain more tomorrow.

Raven


Raven,

Hmmmm. . . dying from watching a movie. That strikes me as humorous for some reason. Sounds good . . . coffee first or after? Oh, and have you uh broken it to Starfire? Some how I don't think this is the kind of movie she should watch . . .

ROBIN


Robin,

No, but I hear they are doing a special viewing of Bambi. So if she insists on going to a movie she can go to that. I'll talk to her tonight. Let her know that there is a movie we want to see . . . and see what she says. . . I'll work it out with her, maybe Beast Boy will want to go with her to the Beanie Babies store. Who knows?

Raven


Raven,

Beanie Babies . . . she collects them, you know . . . she's told me all their names at least a hundred times, so don't mention them unless you want a lecture about Fluffy, Blacky, and . . . Robby.
Bambi? That should suit her tastes quite well.

ROBIN


Robin,

Robby? That's scary almost . . . is it a monkey? Well . . . I'll talk to her.

Raven


Raven,

Strangely enough, it is. Oh, and I think she has a cute little bunny rabbit called Ravy . . .
Sounds good . . . kinda makes me wonder why we didn't hang out more before now.
Still want to go shopping for some clothes . . . know any good stores?

ROBIN


Robin,

Shouldn't we have to give her permission to use our names? They are ours after all . . .
Star told me that the day will be too glorious to spend in a dark movie theater.
Clothes stores . . . don't really know of any. Try Limited Too ;)

Raven


Raven,

Oh yeah, Limited Too . . . I can get my very own Hilary Duff accessories, and stock up on lip gloss at the same time. How fun.
I guess I could try Hot Topic . . . never actually ventured in, though. You would probably go to the park and chase squirrels or something.
Yeah we should sue her for copyright infringement.

ROBIN


Robin,

But don't you like going to the girl's world? I mean lately you just haven't been wearing any lip gloss or eye shadow.
Hot Topic? Could be interesting as long as the only rabbits are stuffed and hung. AND NOT NAMED RAVY!
You know I can actually picture her chasing the squirrels. Poor little woodland creatures.

Raven


Raven,

Yeah, I know. What was I thinking?
Most of their stuff is royally disturbing, zombie dolls, etc. But they also sell care bears and rainbow brite dolls . . . I'm still pondering over how those things could possibly be in the same place.
Yeah . . . hopefully she never catches the poor things. Two words: dress up.

ROBIN


Robin,

Zombies disturb you? I'll keep that in mind for Halloween . . . Zombie Care Bears, definitely.
Squirrels, party dresses, and a tea party.
So . . . are we getting coffee too?

Raven


Raven,

Zombie Care Bears, eh? You could market that! Actually I think I'd rather they be decaying than so bright and cheerful. Don't even think about pulling that stunt again!
Yeah I can see it now. Poor defenseless creatures.
Sure, sounds good. Before or after?

ROBIN


Robin,

Uh . . . coffee, after.
What stunt are you referring to? I'm completely innocent so I am baffled by your accusations.

Raven


Raven,

Oh yes, you are sooo innocent. What was I thinking?

Robin


Robin,

Honestly, what stunt? Enlighten me my leader.

Raven


Raven,

Well, since you are such a good little child and acknowledged my superiority, I will enlighten you.
We watched Wicked Scary, you were afraid but wouldn't admit it, so your fear took the form of various monsters that proceeded to attack Titan's Tower.
That is what I was referring to.

ROBIN


Robin,

Okay, so what should I do to show you I'm scared? Have my eyes glow red, blow up the movie theater, hid under you?

Your Obedient Master,
Raven


Raven,

Might be interesting if your eyes turned red . . . might scare some innocent movie goers. If you blew up the theater, we would have to clean it up, and . . .
That would be absolutely fine with me.

Your Master and Commander,
ROBIN


Robin,

So I should let my eyes glow red and pick you up and put you in front of me? Uh . . . I could do that. Or are you saying that I can scream like a priss and grab your arm?

Raven


Raven,

Oh, either way works. :)

ROBIN


Robin,

You actually made me smile. Can you picture me screaming and burying me head in your chest? That's almost enough to make me laugh.
So, what stores should we rob tomorrow?

Raven


Raven,

You? Smile? I made you smile? Whoa . . . I think I need to sit down. If you start laughing I think I might just faint. Uh . . . now what's wrong with that? I wouldn't mind . . .
How 'bout Starbucks, Hot Topic, and JCPenny?

ROBIN


Robin,

You wouldn't mind? Wow, you don't need much personal space huh? Well I'll keep that in mind if I get scared.
Okay coffee at Starbucks, checking out Hot Topic, and what at JCPenny? Clothes? or are you trying to redecorate the tower. If so I'm sure Star would love to help.

Raven


Raven,

Well generally I do like personal space. I guess it just depends on who it is that's invading it. Sadly, I doubt you'll get scared. Does the invitation go both ways?
Well I was actually joking about JCPenny . . . I wouldn't be caught dead in there, especially not shopping for clothes. Have you seen the kind of stuff they sell in there?
Oh yeah, I'll let Star redecorate the tower. We'll have mustard yellow walls, pink curtains, teddy bears and flowers scattered around the room. Wouldn't that be a sight for sore eyes.

ROBIN


Robin,

Yeah, it goes both ways. I'll save you from the devil girl, if she's even in it. The first one was a bit unsettling, but sequels usually fail to compare.
JCPennys? Nah, I don't dare go in there. I stepped inside one and the idiot at the cosmetics counter attacked me. Turns out my makeup was done all wrong.

Raven


Raven,

Oh, good. I feel so much better now. A bit unsettling? So to the rest of the world that would be horribly frightening?
You shouldn't, it's scary. I went in there once, and some girl was like "Can I help you? Can I help you? CAN I HELP YOU?" It was scary. There's nothing wrong with your make up.

ROBIN


Robin,

I doubt everyone would find it horrifying, just freaky.
I hope there's nothing wrong with my makeup. You should have seen the look on the girl's face when she found out the skin color was natural.

Raven


Raven,

:) Wish I could have seen it. What, was she the average prissy type, perfect hair, perfect nails, you know, like . . . Kitten? Sounds like a brainless ditz.
It probably won't be worse than Wicked Scary.

ROBIN


Robin,

Kitten is a pretty close description of her. Except Kitten looked smarter if that tells you anything.
It probably won't be worse than Wicked Scary, but you never know.

Raven


Raven,

Really? And here I was thinking nothing short of a single-celled protist could look less intelligent than Kitten. But then, maybe she was one.
Yeah . . . that movie gave me nightmares for a week, but I think that was partly due to your incredibly realistic re-enactment. If it's much worse than Wicked Scary, I might just take you up on your offer?

ROBIN


Robin,

I never would have thought it either. I think JCPenny gets their employees from the human reject bin, same place as all the villain's henchmen.
Well, I don't know about you but I hope its at least as good as the first one.

Raven


Raven,

Well, never having seen the first, I can't really state an opinion. But I agree that if you're going to watch a horror movie, it should be horrifying. No cheesy, squirting blood like someone just jumped on a ketchup bottle.
That would make sense . . . not just the henchmen though, the villains themselves are for sure in the human reject bin, but not so much for stupidity as immorality.

ROBIN


Robin,

It's a pity that we don't have a transport ray to send them all back to the bin.
Well it's getting pretty late. Talk to you tomorrow.

Raven


Raven,

Yeah, wouldn't that be nice? Slade, Mumbo Jumbo, Mad Mod, Control Freak, all locked up in one spot and we'd never have to look at them again. Wouldn't that be great.
Whoa . . . three in the morning. I didn't even notice . . . Curse Day Light Savings!

ROBIN


(CherryJade) Rusty: Here's your chapter! Dusty: Unique? Oh well I've been called worse.

(KittyCat) Rusty: LEAVE KITTEN, no just kidding...er..thanks for the Brownies. Dusty: Kitten? WHERE? -hides under bed-

(superman35405) Rusty: so how'd talking to the girl turn out? wait till the 4th chapter and you see..er SHHH... Dusty: Yeah...that will be terribly interesting. ...How much younger? LOL!Thanks forfollowing me.

(jambey) Rusty:'( I'm not a whack job! LOL but Dusty is...especially now that her mind is splattered outside your window...thanks btw it was getting hard keeping up with her -smacks Dusted Friend- Dusty: I WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS ABUSE! My...my...you...broken...WAH! MY MIND! NOOOOO! You are too a wack job...YOU ARE A WACK JOB YOU ARE A WACK JOB YOU ARE A WACK JOB! Thanks...dude you really must have a good metabolism. Good on ya mate.

(Piratey Al) Rusty: um...cool, glad you think that... Dusty: Rusty (I almost revealed your identity! O.O) just has some issues, but we are working through them aren't we now? -pushes button, Rusty nods- Yeah, he's cute...if you are referring to Robin :) -gets dreamy look- Er...-cough cough-

(Mina) Rusty: -glomps- good to meet you! Can I have a pitchfork? It'd go nicely with my overalls and wheat... Dusty: DON'T GIVE HER ANY WEAPONS! I HAVE THE SCARS TO PROVE RUSTY CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH WEAPONS! Ok, thanks for reviewing! I was happy to see some familiar...names. Yeah I thought I revealed how I got it...guess not. Pick-me-upper? Well it's more of a fall-me-downer, cuz you willfall out of your chair laughing in the next couple chaps. -darts furtiveglances atRusty and her security guards-UhI mean...I am not allowed to divulge that info at this time.

(riawolf) Rusty: Thanks for reviewing-glomps brownies- Dusty:Hmmm...whereelse would you make digital brownies?Lol. Hope those ideas helped...you could force feed him meat! MUHAHAHA! Thanks, glad you like it!

(Strangeness Herself) Dusty: Me first this time! Whoa...someone whose name is strangeness herself thinks we are strange! Dude, we are good! Rusty: I like being strange...it makes an interesting aroma...-sniffs- smells like...strangeness!

(eccentriclooney) Dusty: Awesomest of the awesomely awesome? That a tongue-twister or somethin'? LOL well good luck with math, Geometry sucked. Thanks for reviewing! Rusty: Geometry is like a peanut, actually like that analogy, completely unrealistic and unusable! LOL Twas fun and a pain in the butt, make sure you've got a good teacher, and uh..our geometry class used relatively nothing from previous years, just logic, you may have a problem...geometry is the most awesomest of the awesomely awesome...only not quite.

Dusty: WE ARE PSYCHO, AND PROUD OF IT! Ok this is the stuff of sleepovers and too much Punk'd. Well we have lots of sugar to be consuming, so I think it's time for The Wack Jobs to sign out! Oh wait, should we require another ten reviews, Rust?

Rusty: 10 works...-drools at tv- er...yeah 10 reviews and a Pina Colada smoothie for me and a strawberry one for my friend -sniggles-

Dusty: Ugh, no! I think I've had enough bloodie smoothies, thanks to that freak in the pizza place. I should have gotten him screwed for giving someone a free four dollar item. What is his big thing with strawberry anyway? Read my lips: Pina Colada. Er...-cough cough- Give Rust the strawberry one. G'night everybody, and remember, STAY AWAY FROM THE DUST! AND IF YOU SHOULD INHALE THE DUST, DO NOT GO IN THE DARK EVER EVER EVER!

Rusty: uh...no i dun like strawberries they taste like strawberries...um PINA COLADA, say it with me...-mock dusty more- well good luck with the evil dust, pledge may protect you, look into it! NO TICKLE! the dusted fiend is evil...goodnight i must attack dusty with the all powerful pledge farewell!

Dusty: She wishes she could attack me...And I thought I had dry humor. If you sniff pledge it may be almost as damaging as the dust, so keep that in mind.

Slade: I think not. Hello, Dusty. Ready for your present?

Dusty: O.O NOOOO! RUSTY SAVE ME!

Slade: MUHAHAHAHAA!

NEXT TIME ON THE ADVENTURES OF RUSTY AND DUSTY a touching farewell..LOL night all.